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Wobridge Academy

German course

German A1

People who have never studied German and need A1 for a family reunion visa, or as the first step towards vocational training in Germany.

Starting level
No German needed. No other foreign language required.
Target on finishing
Reach CEFR level A1: understand and use familiar everyday phrases, introduce yourself, ask and answer simple personal questions.

CEFR A1

Fee
On request
Duration
3 months
Format
Group class, 3–5 students
Mock tests
—
Book a 1:1 consultationSee the syllabus
German A1 students at Wobridge Academy during a pronunciation lesson

Who it is for

Who this course is for

These four groups describe the people already on this course. If none of them quite fits you, that is fine — the consultation is there to say which course does.

Outcomes

What you come away with

Not the syllabus listed a second time, but what is left once the course has finished.

Teacher explaining der, die, das on the board
Noun gender is learned together with vocabulary from day one.

  • Correct pronunciation

    Pronounce ä, ö, ü, ß and the clusters ch, sch, ei, ie correctly.

  • Core grammar

    der/die/das gender, Nominativ and Akkusativ cases, present-tense verbs.

  • Everyday conversation

    Introduce yourself, shop, ask for directions, make appointments.

  • Ready for the A1 exam

    Familiar with all four parts of Goethe-Zertifikat A1: Start Deutsch 1.

Syllabus

What you study

Everything the course covers, grouped. The order and the weight of each part are adjusted after each student's entry test.

How we teach

The six steps behind every Wobridge course

These six steps apply to every course we run, on every programme. What changes from course to course is how much weight each step carries — noted directly under the list.

  1. Entry assessment

    A test across all four skills before placement, so we know where a student stands and what is missing.

  2. Learning path

    The target broken into stages with checkpoints, rather than a single number waiting at the end of the course.

  3. Practice

    Every lesson includes work done in class; theory never occupies a lesson on its own.

  4. Feedback

    Writing and speaking marked against the assessment criteria of the exam being prepared, with each fault attached to a named criterion.

  5. Progress tracking

    Results are recorded skill by skill through the course, so it is visible which part is moving and which is not.

  6. Mock test

    A paper sat in the real format and to the real timings, then talked through afterwards.

On this course. The weight sits on the foundation stage: pronunciation and noun gender are drilled from the first lesson, because fixing them later costs more than learning them right.
Two students practising self-introductions in German
Everyday conversation built around familiar topics.

Details

Course details

Fee
On request
Duration
3 months
Format
Group class, 3–5 students
Mock tests
—
Class size
—

The fee covers the whole course — there is no separate charge for materials or for the mock test.

What is included

  • Syllabus aligned with CEFR level A1
  • Pronunciation practice with live correction in class
  • A short test at the end of each topic
  • Mock tests in the Goethe-Zertifikat A1 format
  • Advice on moving up to A2 after the course

Side by side

How it compares

This table reads from the same data as the details above, so the numbers can never disagree.

CourseCEFRFeeDurationFormatMock tests
German A1A1On request3 monthsGroup class, 3–5 students—
German A2A2On request3 monthsGroup class, 3–5 students—
German B1B1On request4 monthsGroup class, 3–5 students—
German B2B2On request4 monthsGroup class, 3–5 students—

Next step

Not sure this is the right course?

A one-to-one consultation measures where you are now, agrees a target and recommends the course that fits — before you pay for anything.

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